This is a current and significant project being conducted nationally by the NTC and NHVR (known as the Heavy Vehicle Roadworthiness Program).

On
the 22 May 2015, The Transport and Infrastructure Council (TIC) endorsed the
development of a Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) in July 2015; and to prioritising the progression of
particular elements to improve heavy vehicle road safety.

The
TIC has also agreed to bring forward consideration of a package of measures to
expedite national consistency and compliance improvements for decision in
November 2015. The package will include measures regarding chain of
responsibility duties for vehicle maintenance and scheduled inspections with
the intention of implementing improvements as soon as possible.

medium term (13)

10

Implement annual heavy vehicle inspections as part of annual registration

(CR14) HV inspections on periodic and frequent basis.

The option for annual inspections is being considered at a national level, associated with the NTC/NHVR Roadworthiness Review Project. Refer Option 8.

On
22 May 2015, The Transport and Infrastructure Council (TIC) endorsed the
development of a RIS in July 2015; and to prioritising the progression of
particular elements to improve heavy vehicle road safety.

The
TIC has also agreed to bring forward consideration of a package of measures to
expedite national consistency and compliance improvements for decision in
November 2015. The package will include measures regarding chain of
responsibility duties for vehicle maintenance and scheduled inspections with
the intention of implementing improvements as soon as possible.

SA
can increase vehicle inspections to target high risk vehicle types
independently of the outcome of the RIS. DPTI has now introduced regular on
road patrol inspections for defect detection of heavy vehicles in the metropolitan
area.

medium term (17)

13

"OnRoad presence of inspectioins of HVs (in partnership with SAPOL) and increased operation of Monteith Station."

Monteith Station continues to be periodically operated by DPTI officers.

medium term (16)

20

Resource continuous operation of Monteith Station to provide inspections of all vehivcles before the descent into Adelaide.

Preliminary investigations indicate that this needs to be considered within the national context.